Diet Aides That Really Keep You Fit

Macronutrients are crucial nutrients for your body to absorb. They are used for the storage of fats, energy for your muscles, helps children to develop properly, balances out your fluids, immune system, hormones, and used to form RNA, DNA, and ATP. 3 Essential Macronutrients Your body utilizes three essential macronutrients in large amounts - fat, proteins, and carbohydrates - for your body to function properly by using their amino acids, and fatty acids, and to provide the body with energy (Streit).  Fat Fats store fat soluble vitamins and nutrients inside the liver and fatty tissues and contain essential fatty acids such as cholesterol, and triglycerides, to help keep your body warm and protect organs (Dutchen). Triglycerides are packaged into chylomicrons for transport through the bloodstream, activating lipoprotein lipase once they reach fat and muscle tissues, which means they break them down to be absorbed by muscles for energy and fat for storage (Biointeractive). The heart,

Eat Healthy Without Worrying About Calories Metabolism is more about energy than weight loss. Usually, articles and other materials for boosting your metabolism are related to weight loss. It is true that metabolism has to do with burning calories, but obese people usually have a high natural basal metabolic rate. Metabolism is more about the energy it receives from your diet and how it is disbursed throughout your body for vital functions.  Calorie Restrictions is Bad Calorie restrictions and rapid weight loss makes it increasingly difficult to lose more weight as it disrupts your basal metabolic rate (BMR) by slowing it down; a faster BMR burns more calories at rest, but it does not necessarily lead to weight loss because obese people usually have higher BMR's naturally (Cleveland Clinic). Metabolism is Not About Weight Loss or Gain Research has shown that people who consumed more of their daily calories as protein, had a higher metabolic rate (Olsen). You gain weight by taking i

High Cholesterol has Zero Symptoms High cholesterol is caused by genetics, lifestyle choices and has zero symptoms (Morales Brown and Eske). Making healthy changes to your lifestyle, changing your diet and exercising, will lower the bad cholesterol low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and raise the good cholesterol high-density lipoprotein (HDL) (Mayo Clinic). Heart disease is 90% preventable even if it's in your genetics by keeping your LDL low because high levels increase your risk for stroke and heart attacks (Cleveland Clinic).  Lower LDL cholesterol by 10% naturally by consuming 2g of plant sterols or stanols a day and replace meat, which raises low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, with eating fish (high in omega-3 fats) a few times a week which lowers LDL cholesterol and reduces triglyceride levels in the bloodstream (Publishing). Dr Wesley Milks, a cardiologist and clinical lipidologist, says "we often tell patients that diet - focused on reducing saturated fat and in